Energy Solutions E-News, A resource for Customer's Authorized Agents

April 26, 2013

A Pinch of Controls, a Dash of LED

The Recipe for Comprehensive Savings in Commercial Kitchens

In the food service industry, high overhead costs are the price of admission. In addition to a variety of staffing needs, high sanitary standards, and the frequent restocking of perishable goods, commercial kitchens are filled with specialized equipment that is expensive to purchase and requires a lot of energy to use. 

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Friends in High Places

The Advantages of HVAC Solutions in Small Commercial RTUs

About 48% of buildings in California qualify as 'small commercial'. The designation applies to a lot of different types of businesses: strip malls, retail shops, restaurants, office spaces, movie theaters, and many more. Despite the variety, nearly all of these sites share a common issue: rooftop HVAC units that consume a lot of energy. 

 

Though the percentages vary depending on the use of the building, let's illustrate this fact by looking at the typical energy use in a small commercial office space.

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An Effective, Useful Energy Metric

Effective Useful Life and Why It's Important

The incentive amounts for your Customized Solutions projects are based on estimates of first-year energy savings, which you are required to calculate when submitting an application. But there is another piece of data in the Online Application Tool that can help you estimate the energy savings of your project beyond the first year: effective useful life (EUL).

 

EUL is the estimate of the median number of years that a Solution will remain in place and operable. Your Project Agreement, in accordance with California policy, requires that the new equipment or system retrofit must guarantee energy savings for the effective useful life of the product or five years.

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SCE's Express & Customized Overview Training

Find out about Customer's Authorized Agent role and how you can become active. Acquire knowledge and tools required to successfully navigate Express and Customized Solutions as well as context around why SCE provides incentives.

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12:00 - 1:30pm (webinar)

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SCE's Online Application Training

Learn about the Tool's benefits, how to use it, and how to avoid common user errors.

 

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Comprehensiveness Upgrades Training

Learn about qualification criteria and approaches to putting together attractive, comprehensive proposals for your customers. Examples will demonstrate solutions that can be bundled together to achieve deep energy savings.

 

When: Wednesday, May 22

12:00 - 1:30pm (webinar)

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